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Chorea

noun

Chorea in dogs. Synonym: canine chorea.

Any of several degenerative nervous disorders characterized by spasmodic movements of the body and limbs.

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Etymology of 'Chorea'

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Huntington's chorea

Sydenham's chorea

orthochorea

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... dolorifica. Raphania. Painful convulsion. In this disease the muscles of the arms and legs are exerted to relieve the pains left after the rheumatism in young and delicate people; it recurs once or twice a-day, and has been mistaken for the chorea, or St. Vitus's dance; but differs from it, as the undue motions in that disease only occur, when the patient endeavours to exert the natural ones; are not attended with pain; and cease, when he lies down without trying to move: the chorea, or dance of ...

— Zoonomia, Vol. II - Or, the Laws of Organic Life • Erasmus Darwin

... Columbus, Ohio, reported the case of a fine, healthy boy who, up to three months before being seen professionally, had always been well and in perfect health. His condition was found by Professor Pooley to be one of localized chorea, manifesting itself in constant convulsive movements of the head. They were nodding or antero-posterior movements, alternating with lateral or shaking and twisting motions; these movements had become almost constant during the waking hours of the child. There was no distortion of the ...

— History of Circumcision from the Earliest Times to the Present - Moral and Physical Reasons for its Performance • Peter Charles Remondino

Words linked to "Chorea" : Sydenham's chorea, degenerative disorder, Huntington's chorea, neurological disorder, canine chorea, Saint Vitus dance, orthochorea, tarantism, Huntington's disease, St. Vitus dance, nervous disorder, neurological disease, animal disease